Mactra stultorum
| Mactra stultorum | |
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| Right valve of Mactra stultorum | |
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| Left valve of Mactra stultorum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Mactroidea |
| Family: | Mactridae |
| Genus: | Mactra |
| Species: | M. stultorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Mactra stultorum | |
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Mactra stultorum, previously sometimes known as Mactra corallina, is a species of edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mactridae, the trough shells.
Distribution
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This species lives in the Black Sea, the Mediterranean coasts, and the west coast of Europe, from Norway to the Iberian Peninsula, and south to Senegal.
Habitat
[edit]This bivalve lives on sandy (rarely soft) bottoms at depths of between 5 and 30 m, although the shell is very often found on beaches, where it has been cast up by wave action.
Shell description
[edit]This species has a very thin and delicate shell, which has concentric growth lines and sometimes also has colored radiating bands, hence its common name, the rayed trough shell. The shell interior is white.
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var. atlantica
Right valve -
var. atlantica
Left valve -
var. cinerea
Right valve -
var. cinerea
Left valve -
var. lignaria
Right valve -
var. lignaria
Left valve
Human use
[edit]This species is sometimes sold in markets as a food item.
References
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